majority

Example Sentences

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However, no party has ever won a majority in the Welsh Parliament and the new system makes it highly unlikely that will change at this election.

From BBC

The author notes how the International Monetary Fund insisted on removing capital controls in the majority of African countries in the 1990s, an indication that the restrictions were widespread at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Currently in Scotland guns are only issued to around 500 authorised firearms officers and the vast majority of police do not have firearms training.

From BBC

But according to a source familiar with them, the club's majority shareholders will have been "horrified" by his initial remarks, and will have seen them as showing "disregard for their ownership".

From BBC

She said some 60 suspected cases had been confirmed - with the majority in schools and nurseries and some children requiring hospital treatment, "particularly those who have not been immunised".

From BBC